We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.
JORDAN PETERSONIf you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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It is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world – a handyman’s dream, if ever there was one – is to fix yourself.
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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We believe that in reducing the scope and importance of our errors, we are properly humble; in truth, we are merely unwilling to bear the weight of our true responsibility.
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Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
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The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power. The status you can lose. You carry character with you wherever you go, and it allows you to prevail against adversity.
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Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.
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I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.
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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate.
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People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.
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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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Dare, instead, to be dangerous. Dare to be truthful. Dare to articulate yourself, and express (or at least become aware of) what would really justify your life.
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Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.
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When you have something to say, silence is a lie.
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